International scientists gathering in Washington for a conference this week expressed cautious optimism that they may finally be on the right track to fight Alzheimer’s, a disease that already affects millions around the world and is expected to more than double by 2050 as ...

The number of people with dementia who were reported missing in 2014 was 10,783, up 461 from the previous year, the National Police Agency said Thursday. Of these, 10,615 people, or 98.4 percent, were found by the end of 2014. The whereabouts of 168 ...

A legal revision to prevent elderly people with dementia from driving was enacted Thursday. Under the revision to the Road Traffic Law, which will take effect sometime in the next two years, drivers aged 75 and older who have developed symptoms of dementia will ...

People who are obese in middle age run a lower risk of developing dementia later, said a large and long-term study Friday whose findings challenge the prevailing wisdom. On the other end of the scale, however, being underweight in the 40-55 age bracket was ...

In a quiet corner of the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, a small group of elderly dementia patients accompanied by relatives and caregivers gathered in December in front of a work by French avant-garde painter Pierre Bonnard. Yoko Hayashi, representative director of ...

The government on Tuesday adopted a new strategy to bolster measures against dementia, expecting the number of patients to reach about 7 million in 2025 as the population ages. The policy is aimed at providing appropriate medical care and support for patients and their ...

One in five elderly people in Japan will have dementia in 2025, according to the government’s new estimate released Wednesday. The number of dementia patients in Japan will reach between 6.75 million and 7.3 million in 2025 when postwar baby boomers turn 75 or ...

Hospitals with emergency departments are having difficulty caring for people with dementia, a survey led by the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology says. About 94 percent of the hospitals that replied said it was difficult to provide care to people with dementia when ...

Japan’s graying population means that building a strong framework for dementia care is among the country’s most pressing issues, but experts say there is considerable room for improvement. “Japan’s health care system is highly developed and highly specialized,” said Shekhar Saxena, director of mental ...